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Last week when we were in L.A., Chris and I had the beautiful honor of shooting an absolutely incredible jazz musician, Christopher Wray, who has now become one of my new favorite people in life. Christopher's music is full of funk, soul and heart.... I'm a sucker for good soul music.
We spent the whole afternoon shooting, and Christopher gave Chris and I total and complete freedom to be us as artists and we couldn't be happier with the results. The shoot was a photographer's dream, from locations, to the artist we were working with, to the style of the shoot.... everything about it was right in our sweet spot.
I about jumped out of my chair when I looked at the contact sheets from Christopher's shoot. For those that don't know, my amazing husband, Chris, does most all of the film shooting on our shoots so he busted out our Hasselblad 500 C/M and the EOS-1 film bodies for this shoot. These film shots that hubby took are friggin brilliant.... and these black and whites using Tri-X 320 in 120 format just make my heart turn to buttah... wowza... you just can't get that from digital. All of the film shots that you see on here were taken with the Hassie by my hubski. Isn't he amazing? And all of the digital images were taken by moi :)
If you're wanting a little something to make your heart flutter today go stop into Christopher's Myspace and let your ears be graced by his musical candy... you wont be disappointed :)
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charming. great set...
i pretty much dig every single image in this shot. where do you find all these places? =)
im pretty sure these define photogasm.
flippin... awesome. I mean Chris... bro... wow.
awesome job!
I have been shooting for a short time and have the hardest time with guys. Love the ideas you gave me in this shoot. Thanks for sharing your talent...and you're friends. Always love me some Amanda H time!
yeah... like everyone else said.... ;-)
seriously, awesome!
amazing....awesome....rad-tastic! lovin' all of these! especially the mirror shot and the last couch one and the grass and then the rusty ol' building and the hassies too!!!
Great capture of the character! Love this series!
In case you didn't know: I have a thing for vintage luggage turned coffee tables, old cameras, bathrooms and afros. You pretty much nailed it with my favorites list. Rock it you two,,,,,rock it!!!
wow, amazing shots!! such great variety too.
wonderful!!
Great job you guys! LOVE the one in the green grass, or green shag carpet...whatever it is, it's great!
Great job you guys! LOVE the one in the green grass, or green shag carpet...whatever it is, it's great!
These are amazing! So strong.
They make me think of portraits shot by one of the best Belgian photographers around...: Stefan Vanfleteren
http://www.stephanvanfleteren.com/gallery_portraits/
Cheers guys!
Joop
Mom just sent this to me...What the F?! Thank goodness for mom or I would've had to wait for the next album release to see the outcome of this very successful photo shoot!!!
LOVE the pics.!
What's not to love
incredible!!!
He not only is super stylish and hot, but the two of you captured some amazing stuff...
you just made me salivate big time! These are so badass... can you say UBER STYLISH and "deserves a large format book at b&n in the front"? thanks for the inspiration!
Sarah, you and Chris captured Christopher's essence! Okay, I cried when I saw them......what a God given gift you all have! Thank you for sharing your talent. I look forward to meeting you in person some day. I may be a "little" biased, but LOVE your subject!
you're both such talented individuals and together you make beautiful images
love this series.
These are great - I love this set!!
Big fan of the shot that you can see into the bathroom and the last one. Great work.
These are so incredible! I love them all!
I love the range of tones in these pictures! They are totally sweet! Well did.
What can I say?! .... Superb?? Thanks for sharing Sarah :) xx
Grace and Peace
SWEEEEET photos and music!! Love it!!
soulful, just soulful.
holy crap these are fantastic! i am really diggin the last one.
This guy is SO hot. Wow. I love him to pieces. The pictures are amazing too.
..the last two. killer.
if rad had a momma, it would be these images.
You guys did an A-MAZING job with my man!! He looks amazing and you totally captured his music in the pictures!! I love!
These are fantastic! I'm loving the mirror shot with the collage of photos on the wall!
Wow... i love these pictures. I love the one laying down on the grass and all the details...the pictures next to the mirror in the bathroom and the roberta flack album in the last one!! so cool!
sweet spot indeed... pure AMAZINGNESS guys ;)
~S
These are all spot on. You and Chris are an inspiration!
Thanks for sharing.
ps: i reaaaalllly love that b/w bathroom/looking out window shot. amazing.
you guys are a dream team. these images are delicious.
oh my sheesh!!! this makes me wish i was a musician. WOWZERS. looks like you guys had a BLAST
These are terribly nice. They make me want to shout, "How super....these are just so super." (really I'm just sick of typing words like "awesome" in my comments). But, to kick it old school, THESES ARE AWESOME! Can't wait to get shot by Two Rhoads!
your work continues to be a delightful inspiration to me...plus having lived in seattle for a season i'm smitten with you guys.
yep, you summed it up about right...awesome pics and awesome music :)
This shoot is amazing! Awesome locations and styling!
these are amazingly perfect guys. unbelievable imagery!!